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Youtube video out of sync with audio

highland403

Posted 18 August 2013 - 08:13 AM

highland403

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The audio works fine on YouTube but the videos are always trying to catch up on my PC computer. So the two are always out of sync. This happens on every YouTube video, even commercials. I have searched the internet for some time now and I can't figure out why this is happening.

I have a MacBook that doesn't have this problem but I need the larger screen and sound of the PC.

I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what is going on and how to fix this. My operating system is Windows XP home.

highland403

Posted 18 August 2013 - 02:06 PM

What speed do you get from your ISP? Download is 30 Mbps/upload is 4.00 Mbps. However, a speedtest shows that my download is 7.79 and my upload is 3.77

What Graphics card do you have or is it Onboard Graphics? I think it is an onboard graphics card, but I don't know for sure.

What amount of memory do you have? RAM is 2.00 GB

What is your CPU size? CPU is Pentium 4 CPU 2.08 GHz

After seeing your post, I ran the speedtest and saw that the speed was abnormally low. I called the ISP and they reset the modem. The ISP said everything was good on his end. I told him I have a router hooked up between the modem and the computer so he had me unplug the router and rerun the test. Without the router, download speed was just under 30 Mbps so we concluded the router is the culprit. My thought is to replace the router but I/m not sure if that would make a difference.

This computer is set up on a network: The internet -- > modem --> Router --> 8 port switch --> 3 computers and 2 printers. One of the computers is used as a server.

highland403

Posted 02 September 2013 - 04:20 PM

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The router was a major problem. Before replacing it the download speed was below 8 Mbps. After a new router it is around 25 Mbps. That helped tremendously but the issue was still there only not nearly as bad.

I have since replaced my computer with one that has Core i3, 4 gb of ram and an onboard graphics card. This has made up the rest of the difference. There is no more lag between the audio and the video.